India registered 11,850 new covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the latest update of the Union Health Ministry on Saturday.
555 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours which elevated the nationwide Covid death toll to 4,63,245.
The recovery of 12,403 patients in the past 24 hours increased the cumulative tally of recovered persons to 3,38,26,483.
At 98.26 per cent, India's recovery rate stands at an all-time high since March 2020, according to the ministry update.
The active caseload stands at 1,36,308, which is the lowest in 274 days.
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Active cases account for 0.40 per cent of the country's total positive cases, the lowest since March 2020.
Also in the same period, a total of 12,66,589 tests were conducted across the country. India has so far conducted over 62.23 crore cumulative tests.
Meanwhile, the weekly positivity rate at 1.05 per cent has remained less than 2 per cent for the last 50 days now.
The daily positivity rate at 0.94 per cent has also remained below 2 per cent for last 40 days and less than 3 per cent for 75 consecutive days now.
With the administration of 58,42,530 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's Covid inoculation coverage has reached 111.40 crore as of Saturday morning.
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This has been achieved through 1,14,02,023 in sessions.
